Hundreds of volunteers turn out to search for the two girls a day after they disappeared while playing near Holly's home.
A reported sighting of the two girls raises hopes that they might be found, as their distraught parents appeal for information.
Hopes for the missing girls begin to fade as friends and neighbours hold a vigil to pray for the safe return of the pair.
10 August 2002:
Police retrace girls' last steps
Police stage a reconstruction in Soham using two girls, chosen for their resemblance to the 10-year-old best friends.
Week 2
12 August 2002:
Driver saw 'struggle' with children
A taxi driver saw a man struggling with two children in a car on the evening the two girls went missing, say police.
17 August 2002:
Bodies found
Two bodies, assumed to be those of the missing girls, are discovered in woodland just hours after two people, a school caretaker and his girlfriend, are arrested on suspicion of murder.
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